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November 30, 2007 - Duke Power McGuire Nuclear Power Plant Tour
Time: 9AM-12PM
Location: Huntersville, NC
The McGuire nuclear power plant is located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Lake Norman, a 32,500 acre (132 km²) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station. The McGuire units use the lake's water for cooling.
TBA, 2007 - Progress Energy Information and Interview Session
Time: TBA
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
Progress Energy, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., is a Fortune 250
energy company with more than 21,000 megawatts of generation capacity
and $10 billion in annual revenues. The company includes two major
utilities that serve more than 3.1 million customers in the Carolinas
and Florida. Progress Energy is the 2006 recipient of the Edison
Electric Institute's Edison Award, the industry's highest honor, in
recognition of its operational excellence. The company also is the
first utility to receive the prestigious J.D. Power and Associates
Founder's Award for customer service. Progress Energy serves two
fast-growing areas of the country, and the company is pursuing a
balanced approach to meeting the future energy needs of the region.
That balance includes increased energy efficiency programs, investments
in renewable energy technologies and a state-of-the-art electricity
system. For more information about Progress Energy, visit the company's
Web site at www.progress-energy.com.
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November 1, 2007 - AREVA - EPR Design Engineering Meeting
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
Attendance: 83
AREVA, world
energy expert, offers its customers technological solutions for highly
reliable nuclear power generation and electricity transmission and
distribution.
61,000 employees are committed to continuous improvement on a daily basis, making sustainable development the focal point of the group’s industrial strategy.
2007-2008 Academic Year
October 25, 2007 - Duke Energy Telecommunications Session
Time: 12:30PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
Attendance: 30
Duke Energy
Duke Energy, a leading energy company located in the Americas with an
affiliated real estate operation. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.,
Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol DUK.
October 19, 2007 - Nuclear Navy Seminar
Time: 12:30PM
Location: College of Education Building, Room 101
Attendance: 33
Nuclear Navy
Nuclear energy powers the Navy's submarines and most aircraft carriers at high speeds
for years without refueling. Nuclear power is a challenging, attractive career field. It
requires special, dedicated men and women with scientific and mathematical skills willing
to train and work hard to achieve success.
The Navy's Nuclear Field program offers exceptional technical training in nuclear
energy and nuclear propulsion to young, talented people who qualify. The training, some of
the broadest and most comprehensive available anywhere, prepares young people to become
experienced professionals in a high-tech field. The Navy's Nuclear Field program will help
you build a foundation of technical knowledge and experience that can be valuable to you
for many years to come.
September 20, 2007 - Insight Racing showcase
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
Attendance: 120
Car that drives itself on YouTube
IEEE and (CAR) Charlotte Area Robotics are hosting INSIGHT RACING.
They're a DARPA Urban Challenge competitor that is entering a Lotus
Elise in a Department of Defense sponsored competition.
The
competition is a race across the city with one EXCEPTION. There is no
one driving this car. All 30 teams' cars will be completely autonomous
and will not have any human input from the start to the finish of the
race. The Insight Racing team will be demonstrating the
capabilities of the actual car outside of Woodward Hall and then moving
inside to talk about how the car works.
September 13, 2007 - General Interest Meeting
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
Attendance: 55
About:
- Explaining the benefits of IEEE membership:
- Job opportunities through networking
- Stay up to date in your field of Engineering.
- Develop Leadership skills
- Participate in an international organization including 30,000 professional members from across the world
August 2007
- Cat-5 Network Cable Fundraiser
Location: Hawthorne Hall, Cypress Hall, Moore Hall, Holsehauser Hall, Scott Hall
About:
- Providing a
cheap alternative to store-bought cable
- 15 foot and 10 foot
cables: $5
- More than 10
feet: $5 per extra 10 feet
- In order to
buy cable past the end of August, contact mjzapata@uncc.edu
2006-2007 Academic Year
March
29, 2007
- AREVA
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS
courtesy of AREVA!
About:
-
Current reactor
design
-
New reactor design
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The transition from
college to the work world
-
AREVA is accepting
resumes, so bring copies of your resume with you!
March 22 - 25, 2007
- IEEE Regional Southeast Conference
Time: The Buses leave at 7AM Friday March 22
Location: Richmond, Virginia
About:
Southeast
Conference has various student competitions including events in the
following categories:
To sign up for any
of the events please contact Malcolm Zapata at
mjzapata@uncc.edu
or 704-953-8006. The total cost for the trip will be the cost
of registration below plus $35 (paid to your student IEEE chapter)
for travel and lodging.
Registration
deadlines are as follows:
On/Before 28 February 2007
- Student Member $60
After 28 February 2007
- Student Member $67
March 01, 2007
- Student
Hardware Competition team entry deadline
March 01, 2007
- Student
Branch Web Site Contest entry deadline
March 01, 2007
- IEEE Student
Ethics Competition entry deadline
March 22, 2007
- IEEE Region 3
Student T-Shirt Contest entry deadline
February 08, 2007
- Turbines in Nuclear Power Plants
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS
courtesy of EPRI!
About:
- Turbines in
Nuclear Power Plants
- Failure
Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants
- Careers in the
Nuclear Power Industry
February 06, 2007
- Research talk by Dr. Sass
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
About:
- How FPGA's
work
- Applications
of FPGA's
- High
Performance Computing
- Research
opportunities for Undergraduates
For additional information
regarding Dr. Sass, please visit
http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~rsass.
November 17, 2006
- The Future of Nuclear Power Plants
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: Woodward Hall, Room 106
FREE PIZZA AND DRINKS
Courtesy of EPRI!
About:
- Commercial
Nuclear Power Perspective
- Nuclear Plant
Technical Basics
- Future of
Nuclear Technologies
- Careers in the
Nuclear Power Industry
September 29 -
October 1, 2006
- Wired NEXTFest
Location: The Javits Center, New York City
About:
- "WIRED's
vision of a new world's fair, WIRED NextFest is a four-day
festival of innovative products and technologies that are
transforming our world. Patterned on the great World's Fairs of
the past, this year's NextFest in New York features more than
130 interactive exhibits from leading scientists and researchers
around the world. Experience the future of exploration,
entertainment, transportation, health, communication, design,
security, and green living." - see
http://www.nextfest.net/
for more details.
August 2006
- Cat-5 Network Cable Fundraiser
Location: Hawthorne Hall, Cypress Hall
About:
- Providing a
cheap alternative to store-bought cable
- 10 foot
cables: $5
- More than 10
feet: $5 per extra 10 feet
- In order to
buy cable past the end of August, contact mjzapata@uncc.edu
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